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Show 406 The BRITISH Herb-Gerard. ; Podagraria, MS Fit Theroot is flender and creeping $ sid has a flight tafte of angelica. 3 “The firft leaves are placed on long, purplifh IH E RB AL. The The feeds are moderately large and brown, footftalks ; and they are compofed each of numerous, fmall, ferrated fegments, of a pale green colour. The ftalk is round, ftriated, branched, and two feet high. Sw bona The leaves of this plant have been celebrated as a remedy for the gout; but.they do not deferve what has been written of them. Uieo The cup with three ftriz, and flat on the otherfide. Linnaeus places this among the pentandria digynia; the flower having five threads, and two ftyles. Perfoliate Alexanders. each flower. 4 4 The root is long, thick, and white. The leaves that rife from it are very large and beautiful: they are finely divided into numerous, fhort, -broad fegments : which are deeply ferrated, and ofa frefh green colour. The ftalk rifes in the centre of thefe; and is round, ftriated, branched, andofa pale green. GER It is found on our weftern coafts amongrocks, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhinecalls it Hippofelinum Theophrafti, vel Smyrnium Diofcoridis. Others, Smyrnium. It is a very wholefome.and agreeable plant? Theleaves and their footftalks blanched are very pleafant raw or in foops; and they are good againft f{corbutick complaints. 3» Hemlock Dropwort. Ginanthe cicute facie. Gl$04 The root is compofed of numerous fibres, with fmall flefhy bulbs or tuberous parts connected to them. The firft leaves are fmall, and lightly divided into a few long, flender fegments. The ftalk is upright, hollow, ftriated, and two feet high. The leaves on this are divided into numerous, long, and flender fegmenss and ate of a faint green. The flowers are fmall and white, and the feeds SPECIES, like thofe from the root: they are roundifh, but ate large and brown. It iscommon by waters, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it @inanthe aquatica. Others, Filipendula aquatica. pointed, and undivided: the ftalk runs through them. Iv is adiuretick and deobftruent, but is’not‘in ufe at this time. The flowers are: fmall and whitifh; and the feeds, when ripe, are black, 2. Lefer Water Dropwort. _ vis a native of the Greek iflands, and flowers in July, C.Bauhinecalls it Smyrninm peregrinum rotunda Solio. Ys sp EARTHNW fF. HE flowers are difpofed in fmall umbells, compofed of divided and fubdivided branches; and at the bafe of the ftalks, and f{ubdivifions of them,, are placed feveral fmall, oblong, flender leaves. Eachflower is compofedof five petals, nearly equal in fize, heart-fathioned at the end, and alittle bent. Lhe cup is very fmalli ‘Bhe feeds are of an oval form, convex on onefide, and flat on the other, Linnzus_ places this amon: ig the pentandtia digynia; the threads being five, and theftyles two is each flower, _ Authors {peak of a larger-and leffer Earthnut'; but the y differ only as varieties. {pecies of this genus, andthat isa native of Britain. There is but one Earthnut. The root is compofed of numerous, long, thick, tuberous parts; and is of a very unpleafant tafte, andfull of a juice which turns yellow on coming to the air. The firft leaves are divided into numerous, broad, oblong, ferrated feements; and are very large. The ftalk is ftriated, round, branched, and three feet high. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the root, but they are fmaller ; and they are of a pale green. The flowers are fmall, and the umbells of them moderately large. It is common about the Thamesfide, and elfewhere by waters. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Qnanthe cherophylli foliis; Others, Cinanthe cicute facie. Theroots are the moft terrible poifon Eng- land produces. CEnanthe minor triflora. 7” The root is fibrous ; and has a few oblong, tu- 4. Pimpernell Dropwort. Gnanthe foliis pimpinella faxifrage. GES05 berous pieces conneétedto the ftrings, The firft leaves. are {mall, and divided into feveral long,flender fegments, of a bluifh green. The ftalks are: weak, hollow, ftriated, very flender; and’ not’ more than ten inches high. The leaves on'thefe refemble’ thofe from the toot, being compofed of a few fine ‘fmall irregular feoments. BULBOCASTANUM, 2 1. Common Water Dropwort. Cinanthe vulgaris, 70-50% 2 The flowers are fmall, and of a greenith white ; Theleaves that grow onthis are perfectly un- Smyrnium perfoliatum. ZK otD XII. A Win flowers are difpofed in fmall umbells, placed upon a few principal ftalks, and many fhort ones at the’ fubdivifions. There ftand feveral fhort leaves at the bafe of the principal footftalks, and alfo of the fubdiyifions. Each flower is compofed of five pétals, but in an unequal manner 5 thofe at the edges having the petals larger, and {plit; thofe in the centre having them only heartfathioned, and alittle bent. The cupis large, and divided into five fegments. The feeds are two: they are of an oval figure, rounded, and ftriated on one fide, and plain on the other, and dented at the top. and the feeds, when ripe, are brown. FO REIGN DLV VSO NL cao Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia; the ftyles being two, and the threads five in BR, LELS B..S.P B:C.1-E:S, Theleaves on thefe ‘refemble thofe from the soot; but they are fmaller. U DROPWORT. G@ANANTHE, The feeds are large, and of a lunulated figure, rounded at the back, and marked The rootis long, thick, and white ; Ce ftrong fmell, and an acrid tafte. The leaves that rife from it are very large : they are compofed of numerous, fhort, broad fegments; which are nicked at the edges, and of a dark green; their tafte is not unpleafant. The flalk is upright, firm, ftriated, branched, and fix feet high, Noe WATER There is no gtdwth of leaves under the principal or fecondary Alexanders. Smyrnium vulgare. VLE Fi 60? C. Bauhine calls it Bulbocaftanum majus. Others, Bulbocaftanum majus, and minus. The rootis eatable and wholefome, CEE Each flower is compofed of five narrow, pointed, and fomewhat bent petals. DAV.d15 L.0;\ Noa. The flowersare fall and whites and the feeds, whenripe, are blackifh, It is commonin dry, hilly paftures, and fowers in Augutt. parts, Xx. HE flowers are difpofed in an irregular, large umbel, which from time to time increafes in big. is very minute. The ftalk is firm, upright, ftriated, and two The root is a tuberous lump, of the bignefs of achefnut, and of a fweet pleafant tafte: it lies at about five inches depth; and the plant rifes from it in a fimall white ftalk. The root is brown onthe outfide, and white within. The leaves are beautifully divided into flender SMYRNIUM. nefs till they are all open, 407 feet high. Bulbocaftanum, PESO f ALEXANDERS. footftalks. H HERBAL, Earthnut, The leaves ftand alternately onit, and refemble thofe from the root, but that they are {maller, and compofed offewer parts. The flowers are fmall and white. BRITIS The flowers’are’fmall and white, .and the prinCipal ftalks, which form the umbel, are only three: the fubdivifions are more numerous. Thefeeds are large and brown. It is not uncommon about waters in our fouthern counties, and in forme otherplaces. Rowers in July, Raycalls it Bnanthe aquatica triflora. It The root is compofed of long fibres, with a few tuberous lumps connected to them. The firft leaves are very elegantly divided into numerous, oblong, pointed parts; and are of a deep green, The ftalk is ftriated, branched, and a foot high. “The leaves on it are fmall, finely divided, and ofa pale green. The flowers are very little and white. Thefeeds are brown. Wehaveit by thefides of our fen-ditches: It flowers in Auguft. J. Bauhine calls it Qinanthe Stapholini folio, a name copied by moft others. GENUS |